Table 5.

Ultrasound measurements of cattle fed a receiving or finishing diet upon arrival to the feedlot

Item	Treatments		SEM3	P-value
	REC1	FIN2
12th rib fat thickness, cm
Day 0	0.23	0.23	0.01	0.99
Day 74	0.45	0.49	0.02	0.04
Day 146	0.86	0.88	0.03	0.68
Rump fat thickness, cm
Day 0	0.24	0.23	0.01	0.87
Day 74	0.59	0.64	0.02	0.04
Day 146	1.10	1.12	0.03	0.52
Ribeye area, cm2
Day 0	44.45	44.15	0.66	0.65
Day 74	61.20	63.07	1.11	0.10
Day 146	81.76	82.67	1.01	0.37
Intramuscular fat, %
Day 0	2.93	2.93	0.04	0.98
Day 74	3.14	3.14	0.04	0.93
Day 146	3.61	3.63	0.07	0.84

REC, cattle fed a receiving diet for the first 56 d then transitioned to a finishing diet over 18 d.

FIN, cattle fed a finishing diet for the entire feeding period.

SEM, standard error of the mean.